My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNEEvery one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one’s own inner self.
More Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
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There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
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The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.
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Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.
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Stubborn and ardent clinging to one’s opinion is the best proof of stupidity.
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
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Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
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